7. M&A – Data Centers:Carter Validus has finalized yet another data center purchase, picking up a $16 million facility located in Tempe Arizona, from an unnamed owner, according to Datacenter Dynamics.

5. Fastest Growing Software Company?: The fastest-growing enterprise software company with at least $1 billion in annual revenues is… ServiceNow, according to Investors Business Daily. Poke around and you’ll find quite a few MSPs adopting ServiceNow for their own ticketing and help desk needs. Some IT service providers are also standing up ServiceNow for end-customers. True believers include CDI. We’ll share more thoughts on that soon — especially ahead of the ServiceNow Knowledge 2017 conference, which is set for May.

3. Security Services:Avnet has unveiled two new security assessment services for the healthcare and retail industries. Partners in the U.S. and Canada can leverage the services to determine the strength of their customers’ security postures and measure customers’ security approaches compared to the overall healthcare or retail industry, Avnet asserts.